Melanie Lynskey has revealed that her husband made a secret appearance in The Last of Us as a stunt double.
The 45-year-old actress appeared in a two-episode guest role as Kathleen, the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City on the series.
Their story ends in a huge shootout, as the survivors are attacked by a herd of clickers, the name of the show for the terrifying former humans who are now infected by a parasitic fungus and track their victims through sound.
But it turns out that Melanie’s real-life husband, actor Jason It was one of those clickers – and even shot him during a scene in episode five.
According to the actress, it has always been a “lifelong dream” of Jason’s to be a stunt performer.
Cameo: Melanie Lynskey has revealed that her husband Jason Ritter made a secret appearance in The Last of Us as a stunt double
Speaking about Jimmy Fallon, he said: ‘He was a stuntman. He trained with the specialists. And he just did all these amazing stunts.
“It’s like his lifelong dream: They did his makeup and he came out of the ground and he was falling down.” I shot him once!
Fallon then shared a behind-the-scenes photo of the couple, with Ritter in full makeup, to which Melanie replied, “so romantic.”
The married actors have previously worked together when Jason made a guest-star appearance on Melanie’s Hulu true crime series Candy, which he starred in with Jessica Biel.
Jason will also have a little-known guest role on Showtime’s upcoming season of Yellowjackets, which premieres its second season next week (March 24).
It comes after Melanie called out model Adrianne Curry for saying her body type wasn’t that of a “post-apocalyptic warlord.”
Adrianne, 40, the winner of the first season of America’s Next Top Model in 2003, shared an image of Lynskey from a magazine photo shoot, adding: “Her body says a life of luxury…not a lord of post-apocalyptic warfare”. Where is Linda Hamilton when you need her? referring to Hamilton’s portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator franchise.
While Adrianne eventually deleted the tweet, Melanie took to Twitter to defend herself.
‘Romantic’: Melanie, 45, appeared in a two-episode guest role as the leader of a group of revolutionaries in Kansas City in the series where Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) meet this vengeful leader and even ‘shot’ her husband
Time: Their story ends in a huge gunfight, as the survivors are attacked by a pack of clickers, the show’s name for the terrifying ex-humans who are now controlled by a parasitic fungus that was mutated by global warming.
First, she made it clear to her 167,000 Twitter followers that the photo Adrianne selected was not from The Last of Us, adding that she didn’t need to be “muscular” to be an overlord.
“First of all, this is a photo from my cover shoot for InStyle magazine, not a still from HBO’s The Last Of Us,” Lynskey began.
“And I’m playing a person who meticulously planned and executed the overthrow of Phaedra. I’m supposed to be SMART, ma’am. I don’t need to be muscular. That’s what minions are for,’ she concluded.
While Curry deleted the original tweet, she continued to defend it to many others who called her out.
‘She edited my tweet where she said she had a perfect hourglass frame which I didn’t associate with warriors. For actors to take character criticism as personal attacks is mind-blowing,” Curry said.
Curry responded to another fan, adding, “I can’t say I didn’t find the fictional character believable due to her soft voice, small stature, and curvaceous body.” Fictional. Unreal.’
He also said in another tweet: “Below, Jason Mamoa will find my critique of his portrayal of AQUAMAN and put me in my shoes with a spirited tweet about why he IS the perfect Arthur Curry.”
Action: Melanie’s real-life husband, actor Jason, was one such clicker, even shooting her during a scene in episode five.
As Curry continued to defend her since-deleted tweet, Lynskey spoke in multiple tweets about why she was excited to be working on The Last Of Us.
“Besides working with creative geniuses that I respect and admire (Neil and Craig), what excited me most about doing #TheLastOfUs is that my casting suggested the possibility of a future where people start to listen to the person with the best ideas’, he began.
He’s not the coolest person or the toughest. the organizer The person who knows where everything is. The person who is doing the planning. The person who can multitask. The one that is decisive,’ he added.
‘Women, and especially women in leadership positions, are relentlessly scrutinized. His voice is too shrill. His voice is too low. She pays too much attention to how she looks. She doesn’t pay enough attention to how she looks. She is too angry. She’s not mad enough,” Lynskey continued.
“I was excited by the idea of playing a woman who, in a tragic and desperate moment, jumped into a role that she had never planned to have and no one else had planned for her to have, and then she really did. ,’ she added.
“I wanted it to feel like she should have a notepad with her at all times. I wanted her to be feminine and soft-spoken, and all the things we’ve been told are ‘weak’. Because honestly, fuck that,’ Lynskey proclaimed.
“I understand that some people are angry that I’m not your typical casting for this role. That’s exciting for me. Besides the post-call-to-action moments, when you feel like you’re in someone else’s body, the most exciting part part of my job is to subvert expectations,” he added.